Join troubleshooting guru Ted Landau as he takes you to the next level of iPhone mastery in this 183-page book. You'll find a compendium of useful information, with a particular focus on helping you work more effectively, avoid problems, and fix any existing problems.
Taking the Murphy's Law approach that if something can go wrong, it probably will, Ted explains how your iPhone figures out where in the world it is, how it connects to Internet and cellular data networks, and how it communicates with your Mac. You'll learn key details of syncing with iTunes and via MobileMe, how to manage your apps, and ways you can share files with your Mac. The book helps you get the most life from your iPhone battery and connect a Bluetooth headset, and it provides tricks for typing more quickly and accurately. Ted also provides a cornucopia of helpful advice for making the most of the main built-in iPhone apps, including iPod, Phone, Mail, Maps, and Safari.
But that's not all—extensive problem-solving sections help you solve network problems, resolve sync conflicts, avoid crashes, and, if necessary, restore an ailing iPhone from backup.
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Take Control of Your iPhone is cheap insurance if you have a problem the night before you take your iPhone on a long trip."
—David Weeks, in MyMac.com
Questions answered in this book include:
- How do I transfer photos to and from my iPhone?
- Can I delete an app, but get it back later?
- How do I handle sync-related problems?
- How do the various volume controls work together?
- What's the best way to increase battery life?
- Can I make my own ringtones?
- What should I know before I travel to another country?
- How should I set up my passwords if I am concerned about theft?
- What are the pros and cons of jailbreaking?
- How do I put an often-used Web page on my Home screen?
- How can I do a Google search using my voice?
- How do I get started with syncing via Exchange?
- How do I know if my iPhone is broken and needs a repair?
Syncing: For a different approach to learning about iPhone syncing, consider
Take Control of Syncing Data in Leopard, which helps you get set up and looks at sync conflicts, explaining how syncing works generally so you can understand what's happening and devise a solution.
Take Control of Your iPhone has more under-the-hood details on syncing from the iPhone's perspective, but fewer big-picture explanations of how Leopard orchestrates syncing.
